Acheta

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Acheta
File:Acheta-domestica-1.jpg
Acheta domesticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Gryllinae
Tribe: Gryllini
Genus: Acheta
Fabricius, 1775[1][2]
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Acheta Linnaeus, 1758, 1758
  • Gryllulus Uvarov, 1935

Acheta is a genus of crickets. It most notably contains the house cricket (Acheta domesticus). According to Direction 46 issued by the ICZN in 1956, this generic name is masculine in gender.[3] Apart from the cosmopolitan house cricket, species are recorded from the Palaearctic realm and North America.[2]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

References

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  1. ^ Fabricius (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 279.
  2. ^ a b c Genus Acheta at Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 16 August 2023)
  3. ^ [1] Determination of the gender attributable to the generic names Acheta Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Insecta, Order Orthoptera) and Geotrupes Latreille. 1796 (Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera) (variation of Rulings given in Opinions 299 and 346 respectively). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 12: 433–440.
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  • Acheta at Encyclopedia of Life
  • File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Acheta at Wikispecies

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